Traditional French Fry day

[Skyline Drive]

Wonderful knives. Are the covers boxwood?

No, it looks very similar, but it isn‘t. The upper one is made from Wild Service Tree Sorbus Torminalis, the second from Service Tree Sorbus Domestica.
Both woods can only be differentiated when analyzed under an electron microscope. Hence, in German speaking countries, they are referenced by carpenters as Schweizer Birnbaum, Swiss Pear. The wood from the trees stems from forests I manage. The Service Tree is the rarest of the European trees and my absolute favorite. It’s the hardest wood from European trees, not as hard as boxwood but the boxwood is classified as a shrub, so not counting as a real tree.

 

[afishhunter]

boxwood is classified as a shrub, so not counting as a real tree.

Out of curiosity, how does the shrub boxwood compare to the shrub blackthorn, insofar as hardness and durability are concerned?

I know my Scotts-Irish ancestors (and any extended family still there) used/use blackthorn for their Shellelagh fighting/walking sticks.
(I "need" to get a genuine from Ireland blackthorn Shellelagh walking/fighting cane ... shame they so daRn expensive. )

 

[Skyline Drive]

Out of curiosity, how does the shrub boxwood compare to the shrub blackthorn, insofar as hardness and durability are concerned?

I know my Scotts-Irish ancestors (and any extended family still there) used/use blackthorn for their Shellelagh fighting/walking sticks.
(I "need" to get a genuine from Ireland blackthorn Shellelagh walking/fighting cane ... shame they so daRn expensive. )

It’s quite hard, but not as hard as boxwood. On the other side it’s much more flexible, so as a walking or fighting stick it’s better suited then boxwood IMHO.

 

[Will Power]

S Skyline Drive Masterful collection of knives showing great taste And you are a forester too, dream job

 

[joeradza]

Brass Yatagan from Couperier de Coursolle

 

[draggat]

Brass Yatagan from Couperier de Coursolle View attachment 2100249

Alan, that's a really good looking patina you've got started! I know many people aren't too fond of brass, but I wish there was a little bit more of it around.

 

[Skyline Drive]

Christmas is long gone, but still...... a 12cm by David Dauvillaire, scales are elforyn.

 

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[joeradza]

draggat Thanks Steve. Check out their website. Nothing but brass figural knives.

 

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[kamagong]

Du Barry?

 

[Skyline Drive]

Du Barry?

Yep.

 

[kamagong]

Yep.

What vintage is that knife? The blade is marked differently from their current offerings.

 

[Skyline Drive]

What vintage is that knife? The blade is marked differently from their current offerings.

It’s new, I only got it a few months ago.

 

[kamagong]

Interesting. It looks like they changed their markings some time last year. I got this knife in April 2022.

I should have waited, I like the new stamp better.

 

[Skyline Drive]

Interesting. It looks like they changed their markings some time last year. I got this knife in April 2022.

I should have waited, I like the new stamp better.

But the wood of these scales is perfect.

 

[kamagong]

I'm only half-joking. More attention is paid to cover materials, and rightly so, but at least for laguioles I enjoy the blade stamps nearly as much. That's mostly the reason why I want an FDL knife, despite their dearth of carbon steel shadows. FDL has a beautiful stamp.

Maybe one day after I get knives from Latreille, Rozelier, Mike & Steph.

 

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[Chui]

..........if anyone knows anything about this set (I'll get the others outta their pouches someday soon and take pics too, though the smaller one is white bone/ivory rather than some lovely wood like its two bigger siblings).